Six people swept away by gigantic waves off Sydney and Melbourne this weekend-Liberation

The warnings of the authorities calling to avoid going to sea did nothing. Easter weekend is fatal on the south-eastern coasts of Australia. A fisherman who was on rocks died on Sunday near Sydney after being swept away by the swell, bringing the number of drownings that occurred during the Easter weekend in Australia, where gigantic waves surge on the east coast.

The emergency services tried to rescue two people swept in while they were fishing on Wattamolla beach, but one of them could not be revived, said South South Wales police (Southeast) in a statement. The second fisherman, a 14 -year -old boy, is in a stable state in the hospital.

On Saturday, the swell, which reached 3.5 meters in places, won another fisherman in the south of the state of New South Wales. Three people had already drowned on Friday in New South Wales, while a woman died near Melbourne (Southeast).

In addition, two people have been missing at sea since Friday, one off Sydney and the other off Melbourne, and research continues to find them.

Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA), which reported « worse » weekend In matters of mortality due to drowning, had issued a warning on Thursday, indicating that high swells would create dangerous surfing conditions along the coasts of New South Wales and Victoria States. « It is the combination of high temperatures, an extended weekend that brings hundreds of people near the coast and a huge swell », noted its manager, which has established the number of interventions in 150 since the start of the weekend. While thousands of volunteers patrol the ocean to prevent any accident, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also went there from his prevention message, everyone calling to remain « safe ».